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Hello blog readers!
I will be teaching creative writing classes at Arts of Cobb for students ages 12 - 17 starting September 27th.
Here's the complete information. Please pass this along to any students who may be interested!
Also, actors - if you are interested in being in the staged readings at the end of the playwriting class, please e-mail me at sara@saracrawford.net
Creative Writing Classes
Arts of Cobb
19 Powder Springs St
Marietta, GA 30064
Located on the Marietta Square
Taught by Sara Crawford
Ages 12 – 17
Poetry Writing - 6 weeks - $99
Thursdays 7:00 - 8:00 pm
September 27th - November 1st
Students will learn techniques of poetry writing, share their poetry with fellow students and get feedback on poems, and learn about poetry publication opportunities and how to submit work for publication. This 6-week course will end in the students sharing their work in a poetry reading performance.
Playwriting - 6 weeks - $99
Mondays 7:00 - 8:00 pm
November 8th - December 20th (no class on Thanksgiving)
Students will learn techniques of playwriting, share their plays with fellow students and get feedback on plays, learn about playwriting opportunities, playwriting contests and festivals for students, and learn how to submit work for production and publication. This 6-week course will end with a staged reading performance of short plays written by students.
Sign up for one class for $99 or both classes for $189.
E-mail info@artsofcobb.com or call 770-425-9660 to sign up
About the teacher:
Sara Crawford is a published poet and produced playwright. She has two chapbooks of poems, Coiled and Swallowed and Driving Downtown to the Show, currently published, and she has published many individual poems in publications such as Aries: a journal from Texas Wesleyan University, Illogical Muse, and Ceremony. Her plays have been performed throughout the Atlanta area, and in 2011, her play, The Spins, was a finalist in the Essential Theatre's Playwriting Contest. She has a BA in English from Kennesaw State University, and she is currently in her last semester of her graduate program, pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing with an emphasis in Playwriting in the University of New Orleans Low Residency program.